明 銅漆金韋陀及緊那羅王立像兩尊

the first portraying Skanda dressed in scale-armor and plate helmet, the weapon held in a non-threatening manner in the left hand, the right hand out-stretched; the second figure depicting Kimnara with his characteristic horse head, wearing a mythical beast helmet, the upper body exposed, the left hand in cincihnamudra pinching a jewel, the right in pranamudra

購於二十世紀初，此後家族傳承

Although the two figures in the present lot come from different sets, they each belong to a group known as the Twenty-four Devas, who are protectors of the Buddhist faith.